Origin of Zuhur & 'Asr (MM 18/5/08)

Munyatul Musolli 18 May 2008

The first person ever to pray ‘Zuhur’ was Nabi Ibrahim (as). It was past midday that Allah commanded him to sacrifice his son, then asked him to slaughter a replacement instead. Nabi Ibrahim (as) performed solah 4 rak’ahs:

1. st rak’ah to show gratitude for the substitute.
2. The 2^nd rak’ah as a gratitude to God for lifting away his son’s misfortune.
3. The 3^rd to plead for Allah’s mercy.
4. The 4^th to show gratitude for being given a substitute of such a big animal.

As said in the Quran:

And we substituted him with a large (sheep).

This sheep was descended special from Heaven. It had been offered by Habil (Abel, son of Nabi Adam alaihissalam) as a sacrifice to God.

The first person ever to pray ‘Asr’ was Nabi Yunus (as) right after he was cast out from the belly of a large fish. This happened during afternoon, and he prayed 4 rak’ahs:

1. The 1^st rak’ah being grateful to be freed from darkness of having committed a sin.
2. The 2^nd being grateful to be freed from darkness of the (sea) water.
3. The 3^rd being grateful to be freed from darkness of the night.
4. The 4^th being grateful to be released from darkness of being inside of the fish.

Ustaz Zakaria added:

• Those who labor for Allah’s cause will be tested by Him. If they persevere, Allah will give them great reward. The prophets of Allah all have been tested the hardest.
• Satans are very afraid of those who work for Allah, so they prod people who are weaker in faith to sabotage these workers.
• ‘Tasbih Nabi Yunus’ is a wirid to be recited during emergency situations. For a greater effect, recite it 41x during final sujud of ‘solah hajat’.

Wallahu a'lam

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